Women's film and female experience, 1940-1950

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Introduction

The "women's film"

Divided and united : American womanhood on the homefront

Woman flows like the river : the evolution of the maternal drama in the 1940s

Vive la difference : career woman comedies of the 1940s

"The weeds grow long near the shore" : madness, suspicion, and distrust in popular women's films of the 1940s

Conclusion

Appendix 1 : comparison charts of marquee values of women's film stars for audiences by sex, age, and socioeconomic status

Appendix 2 : The 1930 Production Code

Appendix 3 : selected popular women's films of the 1940s

Filmography